Sustainability Bites

Performance up. Footprint down.

Sustainability Bites

A balancing act: the key to sustainable supply chains

Sustainability Bites

Pathways to circularity for styrenics

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All you need to know about product carbon footprints

Sustainability Bites

The misconceptions of polystyrene

Bite-sized information about the multi-faceted world of styrenics and sustainability.

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All you need to know about... food packaging

# Corporate

Ever wondered if the packaging of your favourite snacks and drinks measures up in terms of both sustainability and convenience? Choosing the right packaging isn't just about picking a box or a bottle; it's about striking the perfect balance between functionality, sustainability, practicality, and consumer preferences. In this article, we explore the advantages and challenges of various packaging materials based on the specific requirements of each product, from water bottles to takeaway containers. Read more

# Corporate

We are proud to announce that our site in Schwarzheide, Germany, has received Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) certification after successfully passing a comprehensive audit. This milestone reflects our collective efforts to eliminate plastic pellet loss, a key aspect of our commitment to sustainability. Read more

# Bio-Attribution, Depolymerisation, Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene

Our portfolio of Styrolution® PS ECO solutions has grown significantly over time. Today, we can proudly say that we now have an unrivalled portfolio that includes both mechanically recycled and bio-attributed materials. Read more

# ABS, Bio-Attribution, Mechanical Recycling

Our Terluran ECO and Novodur ECO product lines represent a breakthrough in sustainable ABS grades by ensuring high-performance with no compromise in product properties. Both these product ranges complement each other and breathe new life into end-of-life products. Read more

# Bio-Attribution, SBC

Styrolux® ECO and Styroflex® ECO, our SBC product lines comprising 60% bio-attributed feedstock were the world’s first specialty ECO products that we launched in 2021. These SBC materials have now accomplished another achievement: by being the first specialty ECO product line available with 100% bio-attributed feedstock. Read more

# ASA, Bio-Attribution

Luran S ECO is the first bio-attributed ASA solution in the market that includes up to 50% bio-attributed content. Read more

# Bio-Attribution, SAN, SMMA

Luran® ECO and NAS® ECO, our SAN and SMMA advanced styrenic products, are proving to be a big hit with our household customers. Read more

Performance up. Footprint down.

# Corporate, Styrenics

The essence of our sustainability commitment, which we summarise as “Performance up. Footprint down”, is to quickly transition to a low-carbon, circular economy with drop-in sustainable styrenics solutions for all applications that are on par with conventional product performance. We are investing to deliver on our vision and have a clear line of sight on the complexities and regulatory factors that will determine our success. Read on to find out how we plan to deliver on this promise. Read more

# Corporate, Polystyrene, Styrenics

Justin Riney, Sustainability Commercial Manager at INEOS Styrolution Americas, explores how even small changes can lead to significant environmental impacts. In an interview with Authority Medium Magazine, Justin delves into the sustainable solutions INEOS Styrolution has implemented to shape the circular future of styrenics. Read more

# Styrenics

2023 marks the European plastics industry putting a stake in the ground by publishing a circular and net-zero roadmap for its industry. So far, the public discussion about the pros and cons of plastics has been led by environmental organisations demanding a reduced use of plastics, replacement of plastics by other materials or even a ban of plastics. The plastics industry is now speaking up with concrete proof points to back their targets and goals. Read more

# Depolymerisation, Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene

Justin Riney, Sustainability Commercial Manager, Americas, discloses advances in recycling as well as legislative challenges for styrenics including polystyrene in an exclusive Q&A with Plastics Today. Read more

# Corporate, Styrenics

As a participant of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) 2024, we had the privilege of engaging with the foremost names in recycled materials, recycling machinery, and services. This year's event, featuring key industry figures, provided invaluable insights into the current opportunities and challenges in European plastics recycling: from the designing of raw materials and recycling processes to the collection, sorting, and recycling of various types of plastics, as well as the integration of recycled polymers into new products. Read more

# Bio-Attribution

Let’s take a closer look at what it takes to get ECO products made from renewable feedstock from an idea to a commercial solution. Read more

Sustainable styrenics: revolutionising the present, pioneering the future

INEOS Styrolution is empowering customers to make sustainable choices by leading the way in the styrenics industry with its mechanically recycled and bio-attributed solutions. Read more

# Depolymerisation, Dissolution, Mechanical Recycling, Pyrolysis, Styrenics

We break down the science of styrenics recycling to show you that styrenics is designed for recycling and offers unequalled recycling performance due to its compatibility with different recycling technologies. Read more

# Corporate, Styrenics

Join Poly the parrot as she discovers the more than 90-year history of polystyrene, learns about the essential material applications that styrenics help create, explores four new recycling technologies for polystyrene, and explains what product life cycle assessments mean. Read more

# ABS, Depolymerisation, Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene, Styrenics

Together with a team of renowned authors from across the industry, Dr. Norbert Niessner, Global Innovation Director at INEOS Styrolution, has published ‘Recycling of Plastics’ – a book that leaves no question on the topic unanswered. Read more

# ABS, ASA, Bio-Attribution, Depolymerisation, Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene, SAN, SBC, SMMA, Styrenics

INEOS Styrolution is pioneering a growing portfolio of ECO products that are available as drop-in solutions for our customers. We transform used plastics into new plastics with our recycling technologies and create new materials with renewable feedstock. Making sustainable styrenics for all applications. Read more

# ABS, Corporate, Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene

Together with GER and Midea, we have created the world’s first large-scale closed-loop circular economy system for home appliances. Read more

# Corporate, Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene

Polystyrene experts from Europe and Asia share how we are closing the circular economy loop for styrenics with recycled polystyrene. Read more

All you need to know about product carbon footprints

# ABS, Bio-Attribution, Corporate, Depolymerisation, Polystyrene, Styrenics

How much greenhouse gas emissions are associated with our products along their life cycle? And how do we plan to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of our products? Read on to find out. Read more

# Bio-Attribution, SAN, SMMA

Our latest addition to our ECO portfolio is Luran S ECO, the first bio-attributed ASA solution in the market that includes up to 50% bio-attributed content. Read more

# Bio-Attribution, SBC

Our Styrolux® ECO and Styroflex® ECO product lines comprising 100% bio-attributed feedstock are now available to customers. Read more

# Depolymerisation, Polystyrene

We recently signed an offtake agreement with Indaver that gives us access to styrene monomer produced from post-consumer waste at its planned depolymerisation plant. Read more

# Bio-Attribution, Corporate, Depolymerisation, Mechanical Recycling, SBC

Our European experts share how we are closing the circular economy loop with our ECO range of specialty polymers. Read more

# ABS, Corporate, Mechanical Recycling

ABS experts from Americas, Europe, and Asia share how we are closing the circular economy loop for styrenics with mechanically recycled ABS. Read more

INEOS Styrolution features in TV series, EARTH

# Corporate, Styrenics

INEOS Styrolution America will be featured in episode 19, of EARTH with John Holden; airing in March 2022. Read more

# Corporate, Polystyrene

INEOS Styrolution had the exciting opportunity to work with a production team from an award-winning educational television series to showcase the amazing benefits that styrenic polymers have to offer. Read more

# Depolymerisation, Dissolution, Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene

A lifecycle assessment of mechanical and advanced recycling processes for polystyrene reveals significant savings in greenhouse gas emissions. Read more

Taking the single out of single-use food packaging

# Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene

Made with mechanically recycled polystyrene, Styrolution® PS ECO can be used for food packaging such as dairy packaging and foam trays. Read more

Breathing new LIFE into our products

# ABS

We are leading a four-year, three-million-euro subsidised project, to convert polystyrene waste into high-quality styrene for use in durable applications. Read more

# ABS, Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene

Our mechanically recycled polystyrene and ABS products offer unparalleled performance with no downcycling. Read more

# Depolymerisation, Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene

Polystyrene, one of the first commercially used polymers, is the material of choice in many industries. And we are making sure it has an even brighter future. Read more

# Dissolution, Polystyrene

Dissolution or dissolving plastic is one of the least-expensive solutions with the best time to market and the lowest carbon footprint. Read about our research project in Belgium that is investigating this technology. . Read more

Living sustainability. Together.

# ABS, Polystyrene

We are collaborating with customers to help make their sustainability goals a reality. Read more

# Corporate

INEOS has made a ten-year power purchase agreement for renewable offshore wind power with sustainable energy producer Eneco. German production sites have switched to green power as of January 2022. Read more

# ABS, Mechanical Recycling

With our recent collaboration with Samsung Resin, an established compounder in South Korea, we are now able to produce high quality virgin-like ABS grades as a drop-in solution to our customers across Asia. Read more

The misconceptions of polystyrene

# Depolymerisation, Dissolution, Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene

Anti-plastic rhetoric has been a hot topic for a while, with some proclaiming the solution to plastic waste is to completely get rid of it, full stop. However, it is important to step back and ask if that approach truly takes us in the right direction - and if it is realistic. Read more

# Depolymerisation, Polystyrene

We have successfully completed a research project to create basic chemistry know-how supporting the commercialisation of polystyrene depolymerisation. Read more

# ABS, Mechanical Recycling

China is our largest market for ABS and with our collaboration with world-leading Chinese recycler GER, we will now be able to offer high-quality recycled ABS as a drop-in solution for customers in the Chinese market. Read more

Polystyrene + dairy packaging = a winning combination

# Depolymerisation, Mechanical Recycling, Polystyrene

Innovation and expertise have elevated polystyrene to the most popular material solution for dairy product packaging. Read more

# ABS, Mechanical Recycling

Our quest to make the first (and best) world-scale recycled ABS started in 2018. Since then, there has been a rapid growth in demand and capacity for this product Read more

# Corporate

We are helping clean up our local communities and reduce plastic waste pollution. Read more

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# Styrenics

Performance up. Footprint down.

A balancing act: the key to sustainable supply chains

Pathways to circularity for styrenics

All you need to know about product carbon footprints

The misconceptions of polystyrene

Bite-sized information about the multi-faceted world of styrenics and sustainability.

All you need to know about... food packaging

All you need to know about... food packaging

Schwarzheide receives OCS certification

Our PS ECO products: Circularity up. Single-use down.

Our ABS ECO products: Drop-in solutions up. Low-value applications down.

Our SBC ECO products: Renewable feedstock up. Carbon emissions down.

Our ASA ECO products: Aesthetics up. Weight down.